]]>By: Maeganhttp://www.rookiemoms.com/feed-your-baby-pumpkin/comment-page-1/#comment-130749
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:17:11 +0000http://www.rookiemoms.com/?p=6254#comment-130749I love the winter squashes for baby food!!! Target had a brand of organic purees that I used to LOOOOVE. Don’t have a super Target anymore…but I will stock up when I go home this winter.
]]>By: RookieMom Heatherhttp://www.rookiemoms.com/feed-your-baby-pumpkin/comment-page-1/#comment-130748
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:59:15 +0000http://www.rookiemoms.com/?p=6254#comment-130748Ooh, we got a new one in via twitter from @craftyluci: Pumpkin chunks w thyme & coriander=great fingerfood
]]>By: RookieMom Heatherhttp://www.rookiemoms.com/feed-your-baby-pumpkin/comment-page-1/#comment-130745
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:37:14 +0000http://www.rookiemoms.com/?p=6254#comment-130745@decafmom I’m glad you stopped back. I was recently hunting for your veggie pancake recipe and now I’ve saved it again!

@Jennifer I’ll have to try the kale thing. Intriguing.

]]>By: Jenniferhttp://www.rookiemoms.com/feed-your-baby-pumpkin/comment-page-1/#comment-130744
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:33:06 +0000http://www.rookiemoms.com/?p=6254#comment-130744We LOVE pumpkin pancakes! I use a banana pancake recipe and just replace the banana with pumpkin puree and add a bit of cinnamon and nutmeg.

Even better…harvest your own by buying the pumpkin and roasting it. But, admittedly, I think a can of organic pumpkin is cheaper!

We are past baby food puree but last fall we mixed a little bit of cooked kale (chopped really fine in the cuisinart) in with pumpkin…maybe 1 part kale to 3 parts or more pumpkin. Kale is such a super food!

]]>By: Doreenhttp://www.rookiemoms.com/feed-your-baby-pumpkin/comment-page-1/#comment-130743
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:12:23 +0000http://www.rookiemoms.com/?p=6254#comment-130743We love pumpkin everything in our house. This week, when I made curried pumpkin soup, we gave our 11-month-old pumpkin with curried rice: a slight dash of Curry powder, rice cereal, pumpkin. Yummy and savory, and she felt like she was getting to eat what we were eating (ours was spicy and included dairy products so she couldn’t just share).

Also, the pumpkin and vanilla yogurt you suggested mixed spread on multigrain toast and cut into little pea-sized pieces is nice at breakfast.

]]>By: decafmomhttp://www.rookiemoms.com/feed-your-baby-pumpkin/comment-page-1/#comment-130742
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:03:37 +0000http://www.rookiemoms.com/?p=6254#comment-130742My favorite is pumpkin oatmeal! I admit I haven’t tried it for the baby yet, but I love to stir canned pumpkin, some pumpkin pie spice, and real maple syrup into my morning oatmeal. For the little one I think some canned pumpkin in baby cereal (rice or oat or whatever) would be awesome.

I’d probably use the rest of the can on pumpkin pancakes for the preschooler. (Can probably get away with mixing just pumpkin with eggs, and maybe a little whole-wheat flour or oats to hold it all together… much like the “lunch pancakes” recipes on my blog.)

]]>By: Katehttp://www.rookiemoms.com/feed-your-baby-pumpkin/comment-page-1/#comment-130741
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:05:48 +0000http://www.rookiemoms.com/?p=6254#comment-130741Oh! You stole my favorite. I have fed my kids so much pumpkin over the years. It’s overlooked by most parents. So easy, so nutritious. And with cinnamon and a little vanilla yogurt, it tastes more like pie than you’d imagine.

Okay – here’s another entry: refried black beans from the can. You can buy organic ones. You can buy all vegetarian ones if you want (i.e., not made with lard). (You can buy low-fat ones if you prefer, though there’s no need — babies need fat for brain and eye development.)